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unusual facts about Midway Gardens


Midway Gardens

Midway Gardens was an indoor/outdoor entertainment center intended to act as a beer hall and concert/dance hall which featured bands including the Midway Gardens Orchestra.



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Franz Metzner

In 1910 Metzner met the vacationing Frank Lloyd Wright and, according to the scholarship of Anthony Alofsin, Metzer had an impact on Wright's "conventionalization" of the human figure and its incorporation into buildings like the Larkin Building and Midway Gardens.

Midway Gardens Orchestra

The Midway Gardens Orchestra was a jazz group active in the Chicago area of the United States during 1923.